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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Crosby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Flavio Capone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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18
161 lbs
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25
155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Carlos Crosby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Flavio Capone!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Andrew Berry and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Capone gets tackled into the cage by Crosby. Crosby maintains the clinch.
Capone pulls guard.
Crosby decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Capone, up you get!
Crosby shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Capone is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Capone closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Capone lands in his opponent's guard.
Crosby is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Crosby is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Capone presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Capone is trying to force a seperation but Crosby has the dominant position.
Crosby manages to pull guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crosby scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Capone blocks a head kick by Crosby.
Capone throws a counter combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crosby throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Capone buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Capone looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Capone is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Crosby stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Capone.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Crosby has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Capone uses from the top position.
Crosby scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Capone throws a head kick that Crosby semi-blocks.
It looks like Carlos Crosby has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crosby cracks a nice hook into Capone's ribs.
Capone closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Crosby did well to prevent Capone getting side control.
Crosby is rocked!
Crosby tries to get to full guard but Capone has control of the leg.
Oh Crosby is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Capone missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Capone working the head and body with strikes.
Capone looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Crosby with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Crosby keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Capone not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Crosby is breathing heavily.
Capone lands with a punch from half guard.
Crosby avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Capone.
Capone is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Crosby avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Capone.
Crosby tries to kick Capone off but Capone keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Capone seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Capone missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Capone scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Crosby blocking the ground and pound attempt from Capone.
Capone scores with a big shot! Crosby's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Crosby! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Flavio Capone!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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